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On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 06:27:11PM +0200, Daniel Armyr wrote: |
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> Does Gentoo do accounting? In that case, some financial statements would |
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> put many people at ease, or at least, those of us who can read them. |
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Sure. Here is information from Gentoo Technologies, Inc. 941 Employer's |
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Quarterly Federal Tax Return for the first quarter of 2003: |
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1. Total wages and tips, plus other compensation $7778.45 |
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This is my personal gross income (money Gentoo Technologies paid to me) for |
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January, February and March 2003. This money comes from an independent |
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source, not donations. After taxes (net income) I received exactly $6250.00. |
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According to my "bc" math, this is: |
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$2083.33 per month |
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Or, extended throughout the entire year: |
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2083.33*12 |
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$25,000 per year |
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This quarterly number is actually slightly low due to some money slated to |
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become personal income that I kept in the company and redirected towards |
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LinuxWorld expenses. My annual income tends to be around 35,000 to 40,000 |
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per year. I live in the United States; I have a a 3 year-old daughter and |
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another expected in four weeks. I have a wife who is a full-time mom by |
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choice, who is very supportive of what I do but at the same time often |
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wonders if maybe it would be best for us if I would stop doing Gentoo and |
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get a "real" job. I will not go into the debt that I (personally, not |
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Gentoo) have accumulated due to my career choice. If someone wants to know, |
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just ask, and I will share this personal information as well. I've probably |
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already shared too much, and I'm not trying to evoke pity or be overly |
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melodramatic, just clear my name. |
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The total income Gentoo received from donations, our advertisements on the |
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site, and CafePress.com for the first quarter of 2003 amounted to a generous |
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$4849.78, or an average of $1616.59 per month. This money was used for |
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LWE-related expenses, hardware, and to assist an unnamed developer who was |
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having trouble paying basic living expenses (not me.) This money *does* make |
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a difference, *is* being used legitimately, and is also *greatly* |
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appreciated. |
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Sincerely, |
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Daniel Robbins |
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Chief Architect, Gentoo Linux |
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http://www.gentoo.org |
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